Va Woolen Opens Series With City All Stars and Martinsburg Play Thursday
Virginia Woolen softball kicks off a three game series with Martinsburg Blue Sox and hosts City All-Stars at Rouss Park starting Thursday at six. Larrick to start for City Champs Stine named top All-Star hurler. Proceeds may fund lights for next season, series could extend to seven games if schedule allows.
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Virginia Woolen
Lewis Renner
Martinsburg Blue Sox
All-Stars
van Woolen
West Virginia
Rouss Park
Larrick
Stine
Blue Sox
Martinsburg
Rouss
Renner
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Alway
Knotsman
Complete Coverage Of Local National World Events
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News of Our Men Women in Uniform
Front Royal man Walter M. Duncan is commissioned a second lieutenant after completing Brooks Field aviation cadet training. Berryville’s Lynwood Wheeler praises escort pilots after a Misbur–Germany oil refineries attack. Corporal Edward T. Adams earns a distinguished badge for B 25 Mitchell unit exploits in the Italian invasion period. Staff Sergeant Elwood D. Anderson returns from overseas and awaits reassignment in Miami Beach. Lt Reuben E. Herr Jr returns from 30 months in the Southwest Pacific. Pvt Welch stationed at Daniel Field Georgia after furlough. Edward Young Frye commissioned as fighter pilot after Spence Field training. Three Frye sons serving overseas: Italy, Bermuda, England.
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Front Royal
Brook Field
Texas
Walter M. Duncan
J. L. Duncan
Chester Street
Brooks Field
Army Air Corps
Central Flying Training Command
Col
C. H. Childre
Army of the United States
Duncan
Eighth Air Force
England
Lynwood M. Wheeler
Buckmarsh Street
Berryville
Europe
Misbure
Germany
Wheeler
AAFP
Edward T. Adams
William Adams
Mt. Falls
Winchester
United States
Virginia
Elwood D. Anderson
Helen Anderson
W. Gerrard Street
Continental United States
Army Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Mary Herr
Reuben E. Herr
Herr
Randolph Macon Academy
Carolina Business College
AAF
Edward Frye
Edward Young Frye
Joseph T. Frye
Spence Field
Moultiere
Joseph T. Frye, Jr
Fort Benning
W. M. Frye
Wardensville
William M. Frye, Jr
Air Corps
Italy
Pfc
Benjamin Frye
Bermuda
Pvt
J. Kenneth Frye
Order Rescinded Apples For Wines Approved By WFA
The War Food Administration rescinds WFO 69 Amendment 2 which barred apples from being used for brandies wines and liquors. The rule covers low grade fruit but allows permits when no other market outlet exists. Also announced is a plan to export 700 000 bushels of apples to Great Britain this fall and winter with arrangements in place and shipping guidelines being drawn.
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War Food Administration
County Aaa Committee
Appalachian Belt
East
Midwest
Washington
E. A. Meyer
Donald McMillan
William F. Young
Staunton
John B. Peters
Aspers
Stanley Fulton
A. F. Vierheller
Maryland
Henry W. Miller, Jr
Paw Paw
Carroll R. Miller
Appalachian Apple Service
Martinsburg
WPA
Great Britain
USDA
WFA
England
OPA
Nephew Wounded in England Wound reportedly in U. S. Army
Mrs. O Roark of this city holds word that her nephew Saurbaugh in the U S Army was wounded and sent to a hospital somewhere in England He is the son of Mrs J W Saurbaugh who recently visited relatives in this city in Pennsylvania
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Roosevelt
C. Jane Hawkins
el Paso
Tex
William D. Hawkins
Tarawa
Charles A. (International) Vandegrift
Marine Corps
O’roark
City
Saurbaugh
U. S. Army
Isburgh
England
J. W. Saurbaugh
Cushions Stolen From Porch Glider
Mrs. J. N. Ochs of 1636 Valley Avenue reports three green cushions stolen from her porch glider between last Sunday evening and Monday afternoon. A back seat and arm cushion were taken.
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J. N. Ochs
Valley Avenue
If We'll Buy The Bonds Theyll Drop The Bombs
A partisan slogan suggests funding bonds will avert war by dissuading aggression. The phrase frames public debt as a safety measure and implies foreign threats will be deterred through financial investment.
Types Of Foster Homes Needed In City
The article outlines four foster home types needed in Winchester: boarding homes where children are full members of the family, free homes with exchange-based duties, wage homes offering pay for work, and transient homes for short term care. It urges residents to consider hosting and notes welfare offices can provide more information.
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Winchester
Apple Pie Ridge News In Brief Items and Announcements
Local residents report visits and illnesses, births, and school openings. Pfc Billy Myers was killed in France on July 29. Bet Marie Brown is among newborns at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Various families, including the Hausenflucks, Shiffletts, and Adamses, are noted for visits and reactions.
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Apple Pie Ridge
Melvin H. Brown
June
Irvin Coates
Filmer Shifflett
Walter Jackson
Frances
A. W. Adams
Inez Adams
Boyd Butler
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bet Marie
Peggy
Mary
Ralph Miller
Troy Shifflett
Elmer Shiflett
Jimmie Dyke
Walter Brown
Grines
Melvin Brown
Leonard Hahn
The Road To Berlin Distances From Front Lines
The report lists distances to Berlin from various fronts: Russian Front 312 miles from outside Pufutsk, Western Front 319 miles from east of Eupen, Eastern France 443 miles from midway between Besancen and Belfort, Italian Front 583 miles from below Rimini.
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Associated Press
Pufutsk
Eupen
France
Besancen
Belfort
Rimini
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